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In a project pioneering the implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive in Scotland, a programme of local stream flow gauging in Lochaber demonstrated that low flow yields in the sources were greater than predicted by standard methodologies for ungauged catchments in the UK. This meant that the abstraction required for the water treatment works represented an acceptable proportion of the yield, and complied with Scottish Environment Protection Agency guidance for maintaining good ecological status in the catchments. Development of new sources with dams, pumping stations and pipelines was avoided, thus reducing costs and environmental impacts. A programme of stakeholder consultations was carried out throughout the Water Order application process and agreement on proposed abstractions was reached with over 20 stakeholders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the work of Alfred James Neale, Australian-New Zealand dermatologist of the nineteenth century. Neale at this period produced a series of pamphlets on medical subjects for public consumption. These are listed in the bibliography and quite a few of them are available in the Mitchell Library or the National Library, Canberra, and the Public Library of Victoria. They are not of great scientific merit and were intended for popular reading. The only contribution to a medical journal that can be found is "Acne Eoaacea" in the Intercolonial Medical Journal in 1900.

This article focuses on the use of radiotherapy in skin diseases. The first mention of radiotherapy to be found in the Australian medical literature is in the July, 1896, issue of the "Australian Medical Gazette." In a letter to the Editor, C. Louis Gabriel of Gundagai writes: "It has occurred to me that the chemico-physical action of the Roentgen Rays might be utilised in the treatment of hydatid disease, not as a diagnostic agent, but as a direct therapeutic measure." The earliest recorded X-ray therapy carried out in Sydney for skin diseases was by Herschel Harris and W. J. Munroe in 1897, when a case of ringworm of the scalp was treated at Sydney Hospital.

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This article focuses on life and works of Australian dermatologist John Colquhoun Belisario, who was born on April 30, 1900, the only son of Guy Belisario, a well-known Sydney, New South Wales solicitor. He undertook studies in the Great Britain, Germany, France and the United States. In Paris he met Peggy Sauber of Los Angeles, California and proposed to her in Berlin, Germany and was married in 1930 in Sydney, thus starting a loving partnership which lasted for 44 years. He was appointed to the staff of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital of Sydney in 1931 and eventually became Head of the Department of Dermatology and Consultant Physician for Diseases of the Skin, as well as a member of the Board of Directors.

This article focuses on the contributions of August Hoff, M.D. in the field dematology. Hoff, a native of Westphalia, Germany, for health reasons, came to Australia in 1881. In his book "Australasian Medical Gazette" on leprosy, he describes L.maculosa, L.tuberculosa and L.anaesthetica leading on to L.mutilans. He discussed the differential diagnosis of leprosy from syphilis, lupus, sarcoid and vitiligo. The critic found a little disappointment on reading his paper on the differential diagnosis of smallpox and chickenpox. August Hoff died unmarried in September 1887 from phthisis.

It is not generally known the dermatologist Marion Sulzberger spent a sizable portion of his youth in Australia, not as a leader of world dermatology, but as a boundary rider on the frontier of what even in these days can be a harsh world. Marion got a job from Elder Smith Company to go to Cordillo Downs station in Central Australia, as a boundary rider. His job consisted of riding along the miles of fence keeping them in repair against dingoes, rescuing sheep caught in the wire, and keeping himself alive.

The article focuses on physiological action of Cortico Steroides. These drugs are morbido -static which modify the capacity of the organism to respond to stress. Cortico Steroides are in common use today, however, they have severe side effects. Some of their side effects are: disturbance of electrolyte metabolism with odema, weight gain and effects on the cardiovascular system, the reactivation of chronic infections such as tuberculosis, collapse of the adreno cortical axis under superadded stress, and the production of overt symptoms of peptic ulceration.

The article presents information on effects of fluoro-hydrocortisone, 0.1 percent, in emulsifying ointment base in the control of X-ray reactions of patients treated for basal or squamous-celled carcinoma. Alternate patients were treated with ointment base alone. Results were observed by researchers and recorded on Kodachrome at three and six weeks intervals from cessation of treatment. The area treated varied from 1.0 to 4.0 centimeters in diameter. When results were studied according to the dose given, no significant facts emerged.

Presents an obituary for Adrian Mackey Johnson, famous dermatologist.

Presents an obituary for Richard Basil Perkins, a dermatologist, who died on December 20, 1980.

The article presents a case study of a 3-year-old boy suffering from "lupus vulgaris." The case history reveals that a small patch had appeared on the right forearm. It first appeared to be a sandfly bite and another appeared beside it and another till it finally grew to the size of an 0.5 centimeter circle. It had been treated as a ringworm. It was also found that the boy had a tonsillectomy three months before the onset of this disease. His mother was suffering from active open pulmonary tuberculosis and the condition was diagnosed soon after the baby's birth.

The article presents a case study of a patient suffering from "lupus erythematosus." The case history reveals that the patient who is a laborer, first complained of a rash on the hands, arms, neck, face and shoulders for four weeks. He also informed that he had a similar rash two years back which lasted for four weeks. Examination of the patient's skin showed an erythemato-squamous eruption on the face, backs of the hands and forearms and an erythemato-papular eruption on upper arms, shoulders and exposed part of neck and chest. Two months later, it was noted that the skin on the hands and forearms showed keratotic plugging.

Presents an obituary for John Bareham Cahill, The famous dermatologist.